Diabetes type 1 and lyme

Dear Stephen,
Could an earlier incident of lyme disease, in your opinion, trigger type 1 diabetes later on? Also, do you have any advice for someone trying to heal from type-1 diabetes via diet and herbs?

Stephen’s response:
I don’t know of a connection between the two. A very strict nutritional approach can help considerably. For some, insulin requirements become negligible. I would also suggest the use of herbs and cannabidiol oils for diabetes to protect circulation and blood vessels as this is the main problem later in life.

Stephen

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epiphany
on October 29, 2012 at 7:39 am

My own impression from years of reading is this: Due to the ways in which Borrelia and other tick borne pathogens manipulate our internal systems, it is thought by many that the “infections” will trigger auto-immune diseases – particularly in situations where the genetics factor is already there (epigenetics). I think Shoemaker might write about this.

Yes there is definitely a connection between the two Lyme is in fact Lymes Disease 85%+ of the time. I have my on experience withe and have resolved the lymes. It took 2yrs. Still working with t1d but in a much better spot now. Diet completely changed. Healing the gut is big in this conundrum.

Hello! I am so happy to have found this thread, for about 10 years I have been trying to cure my Type1, I dated someone with Lymes about 5 years ago, and realized that – I got bit when I was 7 had a tick on my head—- then I got diabetes when I was 10 but was sick for a year before they figured it out. Now I realize all of the symptoms of chronic Lyme… Can you provide a link to the research connecting the two 85% of the time? I have the connection bewtween Pertussis, DTAP and TDAP, but no research between Lyme and diabetes TYPE 1. Thank you!

Type 1 diabetics always need injected or pumped insulin. All of us use insulin in two ways. First, every time we eat carbohydrates our pancreas secretes insulin so that the insulin can usher the carbohydrates into cells to use for energy. Second, our liver and muscles store glucose which we regularly secrete over the course of a day to fuel our cells, and the pancreas secretes insulin to bring that sugar into the cells, also.

Type 1 diabetes have no functioning beta cells in the pancreas, so all insulin has to be injected.

Type 1 diabetics on a no carb diet (which has risks and benefits) can skip the shots for eating, but not the insulin for their constant glucose use. Before we had manufactured insulin for injection, Type 1 was treated by essentially starving people. You could extend the life by a few years this way, but not much longer. It was always fatal. If you Google images of type 1 diabetes and starvation you can see the suffering involved, there is nothing healthy about not injecting insulin for Type 1 diabetics.

Anyone who takes himself completely or nearly completely off insulin who has been diagnosed with diabetes is either honeymooning (the diabetes onset is in early stages) or has been misdiagnosed (there are a number of different types of diabetes and misdiagnosis is not uncommon). If he is Type 1 and doesn’t take insulin, he will die.

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The assistance of a qualified health care provider familiar with all dosage outlines, contraindications, and herb/drug interactions outlined in Healing Lyme, and familar with your personal health history and current symptoms is strongly suggested. Nothing in this column is intended to replace the expertise and care of a qualified health care practitioner. The material is intended for educational purposes only.